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China boosts Cambodia aid after Uighurs deported: officialPhnom Penh (AFP) Dec 21, 2009 China signed pacts worth one billion dollars in aid to Cambodia Monday and thanked Phnom Penh for its controversial decision to deport a group of Uighurs seeking refuge back to Chinese soil. The 20 Muslim Uighurs, who had fled the far western Xinjiang region after unrest erupted there in July, were expelled late Saturday as they were seeking asylum in the Cambodian capital, saying they ... read more |
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Shanghai (AFP) Dec 18, 2009NBA star and Shanghai Sharks owner Yao Ming urged China on Friday to say no to shark fin soup to stop the overfishing of some species amid growing demand for the delicacy. The Houston Rockets centre who recently bought his hometown's professional team, unveiled a television commercial aimed at wealthy Chinese which urges them to stop ordering shark fin soup. "We have species that need ... more  
Xinxiang, China (AFP) Dec 16, 2009After years of campaigning to clean up the sludge-filled rivers and acrid air of central China's Henan province, Tian Guirong no longer has a bed to call her own and says she fears for her life. As world leaders huddle in Copenhagen for crunch talks on a global climate change deal, Tian's story is an example of the huge struggle faced by some developing countries trying to fight pollution. ... more  
Sydney (UPI) Dec 21, 2009 Protesters attempted to shut down Newcastle, Australia's main coal export terminal, Sunday, for what they say is the failure of the Copenhagen climate-change talks to produce a just, effective and legally binding treaty. Newcastle, north of Sydney, is the world's largest coal port. It ships some 100 million tons of coal 24 hours a day, mostly to Japan and Taiwan. A lone protester ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2009France and China on Monday hailed their reinvigorated ties, putting a spat over Tibet behind them and sealing a series of economic deals during a visit by French Prime Minister Francois Fillon. Fillon's high-profile visit came on the heels of the marathon climate change talks in Copenhagen, at which China came in for sharp criticism -- notably from the Europeans -- for rejecting any move to ... more 
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 20, 2009Laden with colourful bags full of gifts, Andy Xu makes his way through Hong Kong's jam-packed Causeway Bay shopping district apparently unfazed by the past year's global economic crisis. The 30-year-old marketing manager from mainland China plans to splash out between 4,000 and 5,000 US dollars on presents for friends and family for Christmas and the blockbuster Chinese New Year celebrations ... more  
Beijing (XNA) Dec 21, 2009China will put into space a civil high-definition survey satellite, the first of its kind in the country, in 2011, the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM) said here Friday. The satellite, ZY 3, would be launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province on a Long March 4B carrier rocket, according to Xu Deming, director of the SBSM and Vice Minister of ... more |
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